30.08.2026 – 05.09.2026 ore 9.00-19.00
Istituto Svizzero di Roma (Villa Maraini)
Mapping Rome’s 1930s Colonial Corridor and Its Afterlives
Rome is often understood through a canonical image: a dense heritage landscape shaped by mass tourism. Less visible are the political logics behind it: displacement, land reclamation, and regimes of historical legitimation. This summer school focuses on one. In the 1930s, fascist rule promoted an urban plan linking Rome to a Mediterranean imperial vision. Over five days, students will explore this corridor from the northern gate to the sea as a project of colonisation, analysing its implementation, costs, and how its traces are perceived today.
The programme combines lectures, guided visits, and on-site documentation (photo, video, sound, drawing, writing), culminating in a collective exhibition at the Istituto Svizzero on “difficult heritage”. Open to bachelor, master, and PhD students.
A cura di
ETH Zurich - DiAP Sapienza Università di Roma (hosted by Istituto Svizzero di Roma)
Contatti
mariaclara.ghia@uniroma1.it, giorgio.azzariti@gta.arch.ethz.ch